[spectre] Game of War Weekend at HTTP Gallery 16-17th May 2009.

[marc garrett]

Join the Class Wargames Crew for Game of War Weekend at HTTP Gallery.
16-17th May 2009

http://www.http.uk.net/events/gameofwar/

The Situationist Raoul Vaneigem famously wrote "There are no more 
artists since we've all become artists. Our next work of art is the 
construction of a full-blooded life." - The Revolution of Everyday Life.

In this tradition, Class Wargames present two days of making and playing 
Guy Debord's The Game of War. Debord, leader of the Situationist 
International, developed the game while in exile after the May '68 
Revolution, and came to regard it as his most important project. For 
Debord, The Game of War wasn’t just a game - come and learn how to fight 
and win against the oppressors of the spectacular society! Join the 
Class Wargames crew, Richard Barbrook, Fabian Tompsett, Ilze Black and 
others, in redefining political and contextual territories.

Come along on Saturday to learn the intricacies of the game by making 
your own board from recycled materials. Then come back on Sunday to play 
the game and participate in a discussion between political theorist and 
author Dr. Richard Barbrook of Class Wargames and author and programmer 
Alex Galloway of RSG, developer of Kriegspeil, a digital version of the 
Game of War, who will participate online from New York. The discussion 
will be chaired by Marc Garrett, co-director of Furtherfield.org and 
HTTP Gallery.

The discussion will be featured in 'Artists RE:thinking Games', due to 
be published in September 2009, compiled and edited by furtherfield.org 
in collaboration with Fact.co.uk.

Free Entry: Booking Essential
RSVP ale[AT]furtherfield[DOT]org

Saturday 16th May 12-5pm
Make your own board from recycled materials and learn the rules.

Sunday 17th May 12-5pm
Play the game and join the discussion with Richard Barkbrook and Alex 
Galloway

For more information about the event please visit HTTP Gallery website.
To take part in the game please RSVP to ale[AT]furtherfield[DOT]org

Game of War Weekend Schedule:

Day 1 - 12-5pm Saturday 16th May.

12.00 meet and great
12.15 introduction (Fabian/Richard)
12.30 building your own game
15.00 learning to play/ preparing the teams
17.00 day is over

Day 2 - 12-5pm Sunday 17th May.

12.00 meet and great and introduction
13.00 playing the game in team
16:30 Online Discussion - Richard Brabrook & Alex Galloway
17.00 day is over / drinks

More info:

The Game of War is a Clausewitz simulator: a Napoleonic-era military 
strategy game where armies must maintain their communications structure 
to survive - and where victory is achieved by smashing your opponent’s 
supply network rather than by taking their pieces. For Debord, The Game 
of War wasn’t just a game - it was a guide to how people should live 
their lives within Fordist society. Come learn how to fight and win 
against the oppressors of spectacular society!

Dr. Richard Barbrook is a senior lecturer in the School of Social 
Sciences, Humanities and Languages at the University of Westminster. In 
2007 he published his study of the political and ideological role of the 
prophecies of artificial intelligence and the information society: 
Imaginary Futures. Richard is a trustee of Cybersalon and a founding 
member of Class Wargames. He is currently carrying out research into the 
politics of ludic subversion. More info: http://www.imaginaryfutures.net 
and http://www.theclassofthenew.net.

Alexander R. Galloway is an author and programmer. He is Associate 
Professor or Media, Art and Communication at New York University; author 
of Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization (MIT, 2004), 
Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture (Minnesota, 2006), and a new book 
coauthored with Eugene Thacker called The Exploit: A Theory of Networks 
(Minnesota, 2007). a founding member of the software collective RSG and 
creator of the Carnivore and Kriegspiel projects. More info: 
http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/

Ilze Black is an artist and curator of media arts:
http://www.hivenetworks.net & http://www.take2030.net

Fabian Tompsett, London Psychogeographical Association and author:
http://www.unpopular.demon.co.uk/lpa/organisations/lpa.html

Class Wargames are playing Guy Debord’s The Game of War in public using 
a replica of his original 1977 design for the board game; it is 
committed to subverting the ideological mechanisms which are used to 
keep us in line. The Class Wargames players are Dr. Richard Barbrook, 
University of Westminster; Ilze Black, Waterman’s Art Gallery; Lucy 
Blake, Software Developer; Mark Copplestone, Copplestone Castings; Rod 
Dickinson, Artist; Fabian Tompsett, Class War 1985; and Alex Veness, 
University of the Arts.
http://www.classwargames.net/


Contact:
Ale, HTTP Gallery
email: ale[AT]furtherfield[DOT]org

HTTP Gallery
Unit A2, Arena Design Centre
71 Ashfield Road
London N4 1LD
+44(0)2088022827
http://http.uk.net/